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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve	Wildlife Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		79
Forest		16
Artificial/Terrestrial		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve (Malawi). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vwaza-marsh-wildlife-reserve-iba-malawi on 22/11/2024.